Dinner-pail.



PATENT oFFICE. V

ARTHUR BNN HUNT, 0l HAXPDIR, MAINE.

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spaans u amm rame. Anlluaa aina lay ia. nos. anni nassaui.

Putnam L". I, 1000.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AirmUnManron Himr. a citizen of the United States and a resident of Ham en, in the county of, Penobscot and State o Maine, have invented a new and improved Dinner-Peil, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to dinner pails, and more .particularly to devices of this kind for carrying food and the like, which include a number of trays for liquid and solid contents and which have means for holding heatsupplying substances auch as burning coke or charcoal for maintaining the contents of the receptacles in a heated condition.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple, strong and durable dinner pail or otherfood receptacle, which is adapted for carrying li uid and solid food, which has trays of di erent sizes and forms for this purpose, and in which the contents can he maintained in a heated condition.

A further ohect of the invention is to provide u device o the class described having an outer casing or pail, trays nested therein, and a holder or brazier for charcoal, coke or the like within the pail, underneath the ti-avs.

the pail having a bottom of inconibustible material such as asbestos, and being provided with vents to permit the escape of the gissen of combustion, which, before leavin t ie pail, serve to warm the trays.

he invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and particularl)v set ortli in the claims. Reference is to be had to the accompanyu ig drawings forming a part of this specification, ui which'similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which v re 1 is a vertical section of the device on t e line 1-1 of Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is a transverse. section on the line 2--2 of Fi l', showing the holder or brazier for the heat supplying substance; and Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3-3 of Fig. i, showing a part of the pail or dhtex'A casing and certani of the trays nested therein.

Before proceedin v to a more detailed explanation of my invention, it should be clearly understood that the saine can he fashioned from any suitable material, preferabl sheet metal or the like, and that the detai s of construction can be varied to suit individual preference or special conditions.

i bottoni of the tray is held at a The underlying principle of my invention resides in the provision of means for holding burning heat supplying substances, and the arrangement which permits the escape of the gases of combustion from the outer casing or ail, as well as in the arrangement of the rays nested in the pail, and the cover for the whole. The escape vents are so located that .the ases of combustion which are. of course iii a eated state, pass aiong the nested trays and thus serve to heat the latter and their contents. The holder or brazier for the charcoal,coke or the like is preferably formed from wire netting and has ineana engaging at the sides of the pail and servin to maintain the holder in position. At the ittom of the .pail isvprovided a layer of incombustible material auch as asbestos or the like upon which the holder or brazier rests, and which prevents the direct contact of the burning substance with the bottom of the pail proper.

Referring more particularly to the drawin I provide an outer casing or pail l0 w iich ia preferably of c'ylindrical form and which, at the upper rim ias a rib or bead 1l. Inside of the pail and resting upon the bottoni thereof is a second bottom or layer 112 of incombustible material sisch as asbestos. At the side, near the bottom, the pail has an opening 13 adjacent to which is pivoted a cover or lid 14 serving to close the opening and diaplsceablo to 'iermit the interior to he viewed and the condition of the hurninf heat supplying substance to be investigate( At the opposite-sides, the pail has ears l5 at which are ivotcd the ende of a bail 16 having a hand e 17 by means of which the device can be conveniently carried. A tray 18 of circular cross section, ta p red toward the bottom and provided :at t e upper rim with a bead or rib 19, is arran ed within the pail. The bead 19 engages the ad 11 of the pail and limits the insertion of the traysint'o the latter. 'Ihe arrangement ia auch that the mined distance above the' bottoni o the pail, the distance being sufficient to gennit the i0- aitioning there of the holder or razier for he heat auppl'ing substance, as is shown moet clearly in ig l. i Within the tray 18 is nested a second tray 20, suitably formed for the purpose and having at the upper rim a rih or head 21, and underneath the same an outwardly disposed an.- nular bead 22 formed to engage at the bead 19 to limit the insertion of the tray 2() into the redeterllt) ' havi tml. The tray20isprefera somewhat s ower than the tra l5, so t at the bottoms of the tray are he dseparated. Underneath the bead 22, the tra 20 has an inwardly dia annular head which seats a third shallow tray 24, likewise at the upper rim an annular rib or bead 5. A cover 26 is carried' by the tray 23, upon t 20 and has a laterally extended annular flange 27 which resta upon the rib or bead ioned from twister wire or the like, is secured to the lower rim 32 bv having the wires ari ranged tlieneabout and soldered or otherwise l fastened in' position. One of the wires is bent to fonn a catch 35 arranged toen? at tbe upper rim to hold the portions o t e brasier together. At the outer extremity, certain of the wires forming the handle 34 are outwardly and laterally disposed to foi-iii kee rs 36, adapted to cngag the pail to ition the brasier and hold the same in place. The keepers have a certain resiliency which adapts them particularly well for this purpose. The holder or brazier' cylin-A A handle 34, iashf e at the sides of l l l l l l l i l i ond tapering tray arranged in said first tray and engagin be ow its rim at the rim oi said rsttray, s rtlier tra arraii within said second tray'and cylini rical in orm, whereby said further tray engages at its lower edge within said second tray and is spaced therefrom except at its lower ed ing into said second troyv tween the same and said further tray, said cover engaging at the rim of said second tray, and a heatingldevice in said casing under said first trav, provided with spring clampiif members or cngagingthe inner surface said casing.

2. A dinner pail comprising a casing having a bottom o inconibustible material, and near the upper rim a tapering tray arranged in said casing and c ging at the upper rini only thereof, a seeoni taperi tray arranged insaid first tray and having ielnw its rim s head engaging at the rim 'of said finit tray.

said second tray havin? under the hond thereof s second bead, a rthcr trav of unifornil cross section arranged insaii second trsy and resting upon said further bend, whereby a space is formed bcte'een said scca cover cxtendv ond tra and said further tray, said casing and ssii tra s having beads at the rims. o

cover exteni ing into thi` s e formed -lictween said second tray and said further troy and engaging at the rim of said second tray. and a heating device iii said ciisin v undersiud finit tray provided with a psir o arc-slian-d ys ring camping members arranged to lic is forined to contain a block 37 of coke, charcoal or the like, which when in a state of I combustion maintains the contents of the` pail in a heated condition. Near the u r rini of the pail sro vents 38, through w uch the gases of combustion from the bur-ninr heatsupplying substance can escape, ani, passing along the outer tray I8, thus servo to heat the nested trays. A certain draft will be established between the opening I3 l rigidly in position.

Alili and the vents 38, to assist the combustion.

The draft can be controlled by means of the cover 14.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. A dinner pail comprising a casing, o tsong the iiiner surface of said casing, siiid spring members having inwardly turned cnils.

3. A dinner pail comprising s casing having upper and lower openings and ahotto'ui of inconi nistible material, s plurality of nested triiys spaced iipiirt from said casing to pio vide a licat conduit, a hrazicrdisixisodwithin said casing and provided with a handle, and s. psir of arc-shaped spring cli forming intc vrsl extensions of said hitndle:l arranged to frictionally engage the inner surfacil of siiid casing for centering und holding said hrnnioi' ln testimony whereof l have sigried niy nsine to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

pering tray arranged iii seid casing and' engaging at the upper rim only thereof, s scc-1i ARTHUR MERTON HUNT.

Witnesses:

llaxin' W. Maro, --Aus'ris W. SNARE. 

